Mine detail: Kidd Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.5, -81.34978

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Cadmium, Tin, Gold
Ore:	Acanthite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Covellite, Electrum, Enargite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrargyrite, Rutile, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Albite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Other material:	Galena
Discovery year:	1963

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1965

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Siltstone,Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Andesite, Diorite, Dacite, Graywacke, Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Destor - Porcupine Fault Zone, Overturned Synclinorium, Large Body Of Gabbro And Serpentinite, An Altered Peridotite Lense, Brecciated Rhyolite Pipe
Tectonic:	Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Chloritization, Sericitisation, Carbonatisation

References

MRDS	W018979
DEP	10073135
Reference	{Deposit:: SHKLANKA, ROMAN, 1969, COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF ONTARIO; ONTARIO DEPT MINES, MIN. RES. CIRC. 12, P 121, 122}{Deposit:: COUPLAND, G. C., THOMAS, B. A., BELFORD, ERIC, 1970, THE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF THE KIDD CREEK MINE; IN RAUSCH D.O., & MARICHER, AIME SYMP PB - ZN, V 1 P 274 - 88}{Deposit:: PYKE, D. R., MIDDLETON, R. S., 1971, DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SULPHIDE ORES OF THE TIMMINS AREA; CAN MINING & METALL. BULL, V 64, NO 710, 6 - 71, P 55 - 66}{Deposit:: TAIT, R. J. C., CLARKE, P. R., AMSDEN, M. P., 1970, PROCESS CONTROL AT THE ECSTALL CONCENTRATOR; AIME SYMP PB & ZN, V. 1, P 571.}{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.}{Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.}{Deposit:: 1964 DIREXPL TEXASGULF INC - ORE OUTLINE}{Production:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1975-76, MINING ENGINEERING 6-8-76 P 26. CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR. 10-75 P 181}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.